When the existence and capacity of Stingrays came to light, you might have thought all hell would break loose. After all, it wasn’t just the public that was kept in the dark by this monumental breach of privacy. It was judges too.

The concealment of the use of Stingray is one thing. The deceptive claim that Stingray is little more than a trap and trace device is another. But these emails go to a different place. It’s not just the government concealing their cool, secret devices from the public. Not even from criminal defense lawyers. They are lying to the courts about using them.